Around the world, faithful celebrate Ash Wednesday, start of Lenten season
The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter in ...
Pope Francis’ health: Vatican provides update on Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...
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Pope Francis: Lent is a time to accept our fragility, rekindle hope in Jesus
Made of ashes and earth, we experience fragility through illness, poverty, and the hardships that can suddenly befall us and ...
Pope Francis resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he battles pneumonia
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week ...
Pope Francis suffers setback with respiratory episodes
This was the pope's "third serious downturn" since he was admitted to Gemelli Polyclinic hospital with a complex respiratory ...